Word: treasonable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nylon shortage, Tokyo Rose had faded fast in most people's memories. Veterans of the Pacific war remembered her, though-and so did the U.S. Government. Last week, in a rococo marble courtroom in San Francisco, the Government put California-born Tokyo Rose on trial for treason...
...lawyer contends that she acquired Portuguese citizenship when she married d'Aquino and that U.S. treason laws are not applicable to her. He also contends that the "poor kid" was only a disc jockey, and "all she did was make simple introductions to the music." The Government, the prosecutor declared, would not seek the death penalty...
...Tried and convicted of treason by Communist forces was Cardinal Mindszenty...
...Convicted 15 Protestant ministers of trumped-up treason and black market charges...
...daily Szabad Nep confided, that uncovered "the background of the Rajk legend . . . Trotskyism, Fascism, Zionism and anti-Sovietism, that was the ideological sink" which had spawned the treachery. For Communists who were still safe at home, Nep offered a little fatherly advice: "The important thing (to remember) is that treason against the party, deviation from the Marxist-Leninist line, is a steep slope from which plunging into the imperialist abyss is easy...